States ranked from first to worst on retirement

Bankrate's "Best and Worst States to Retire" list ranks all 50 states according to their cost of living, crime rate (violent and property crimes), health care quality, state and local tax burden, personal well-being for seniors and weather (temperature, percentage of sunshine, humidity). The overall ranks of 1 to 50 go from best to worst. For more on how we ranked the states, check out our story "How we ranked best and worst states to retire."

Claes Bell, CFA, is the mobile editor for Bankrate.com. He has appeared as a guest on National Public Radio and Fox Business and has been quoted in numerous publications, including U.S. News and World Report, the Chicago Tribune, The Christian Science Monitor and the San Francisco Chronicle. Connect with Claes Bell on Google+.

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